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A senior Canadian government official said Carney’s announcement about the bridge opening was informed by the project having achieved substantial completion, a final step in the construction process that allowed the span to open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He took a step back from the Friday slot in October 2019 and continued with his Saturday programme until later that year.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Brown decision was “a historic step forward” but it “just a beginning” in the fight against entrenched racial injustice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The ban sent mining firms scrambling to build plants to process lithium sulfate, a step along the value chain towards battery‑grade materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
To get to the porch, we gingerly step on a series of mud-soaked planks that serve as a makeshift walkway.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Why did it take the government this long to announce the steps?" she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Truelove then took steps toward Melvin, the complaint said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
That being said, there are some steps you could take to ensure that you’re in a better position should you ever have to navigate a similar situation in the future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
From the moment Gavriel steps inside the narrator’s top-tier Jerusalem high school, he casts a shadow on the staid older faculty members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The steps you’ve taken are necessary for you to choose yourself, for you to be your authentic self, and not the self your dad chose for you. Do you understand that?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Jess Thirlby stepped down as head coach in March for family reasons, leaving assistant Anna Stembridge - head coach from 2011 to 2015 - in interim charge.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
By 2020, when Fox stepped down from the firm’s executive committee in keeping with the firm’s age limits, Kirkland was working on more deals annually than any other firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Farage has since stepped down as an MP and is standing for re-election in the constituency of Clacton.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Drapatiy stepped down as chief of the ground forces at the time, but his willingness to take the blame won the respect of many rank-and-file soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The badger stepped back, surveying the surrounding forest with obvious confusion.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
At this point it’s worth stepping back to acknowledge the strangeness of all this.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
After stepping down as chief of the ground forces, Drapatiy commanded Ukraine’s Joint Forces, which oversees operations involving multiple branches of the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The broadband market has gotten more crowded and more competitive, with the major wireless companies stepping up their investments in home-internet plans through both fiber offerings and fixed-wireless-access offerings that leverage their existing cellular networks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Morales announced last year — before the suit was settled — that he was stepping down as president at the end of the 2025-26 academic year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I shy at stepping onto the blackened ground, but there’s no way it’s still hot.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
